Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Somewhere (From "West Side Story") Written-By – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim	3:50
A2	Red Shoes By The Drugstore Bass – Byron MillerDrums – Rick Lawson*Electric Guitar – Roland BautistaElectric Piano [Yamaha] – Da Willie Gonga*Vocals – Tom Waits	3:11
A3	Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis Electric Piano [Yamaha Electric Grand] – Da Willie Gonga*Vocals, Piano [Acoustic] – Tom Waits	4:30
A4	Romeo Is Bleeding Bass – Jim HughartCongas – Bobbye HallDrums – Chip WhiteElectric Guitar – Ray CrawfordOrgan – Charles KynardTenor Saxophone – Frank VicariVocals, Electric Guitar – Tom Waits	4:50
A5	$29.00 Bass – Byron MillerDrums – Rick Lawson*Electric Guitar – Roland BautistaElectric Piano [Yamaha Electric Grand] – Da Willie Gonga*Vocals, Electric Guitar – Tom Waits	8:12
B1	Wrong Side Of The Road Bass – Jim HughartDrums – Chip WhiteElectric Guitar – Ray CrawfordOrgan – Charles KynardTenor Saxophone – Frank VicariVocals, Electric Guitar – Tom Waits	5:11
B2	Whistlin Past The Graveyard Bass – Scott Edwards Drums – Earl PalmerElectric Guitar – "Shine" Robinson*Piano – Harold BattisteTenor Saxophone – Herbert Hardesty*Vocals, Electric Guitar – Tom Waits	3:14
B3	Kentucky Avenue Arranged By, Conductor [Orchestra] – Bob AlcivarVocals, Piano – Tom Waits	4:47
B4	A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun Bass – Scott Edwards Drums – Earl PalmerElectric Guitar – "Shine" Robinson*Piano – Harold BattisteTenor Saxophone – Herbert Hardesty*Vocals, Electric Guitar – Tom Waits	5:34
B5	Blue Valentines Electric Guitar [Solo] – Ray CrawfordVocals, Electric Guitar – Tom Waits	5:50

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Warner Communications
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra/Asylum Records
• Copyright (c) – Elektra/Asylum Records
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Asylum Records
• Published By – Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
• Published By – Chappell & Co. Ltd.
• Recorded At – Filmways/Heider Recording
• Lacquer Cut At – Tonstudio Pfanz
• Mastered At – Strawberry Mastering
• Pressed By – Record Service Alsdorf
• Made By – WEA Musik GmbH

Credits

• Art Direction, Design – Ron Coro
• Engineer – Bones Howe
• Engineer [Assistant] – Geoff Howe, Ralph Osborne*
• Lacquer Cut By – PF* (tracks: A1 to A5)
• Management – Herb Cohen
• Mastered By – Terry Dunavan
• Photography – Elliot Gilbert
• Producer [Production], Sounds [Sound] – Bones Howe
• Typography [Hand Lettering] – Bill Franks
• Written-By – Tom Waits (tracks: A2 to B5)

Notes

Released in glossy gatefold cover, including a WEA catalog insert.
Cloud label version with two rows of perimeter text, GEMA/Biem and Category K 53 088
The R/S Alsdorf credit from the runouts was introduced in 1981, so earlier dates are not possible here.

Different versions of AS 53 088:
-This one-: Label Category: K 53 088 | Label Design: Clouds | Rights Society: GEMA/Biem | Barcode: no | Made in Germany
AS 53 088: Label Category: AS 53 088 | Label Design: Clouds | Rights Society: GEMA/Biem | Barcode: no | Made in Germany
AS 53 088: Label Category: AS 53 088 | Label Design: Clouds | Rights Society: STEMRA | Barcode: no | Made in Germany
AS 53 088: Label Category: AS 53 088 | Label Design: Clouds | Rights Society: GEMA | Barcode: no | Made in Germany
AS 53 088: Label Category: K 53 088 | Label Design: White | Rights Society: STEMRA | Barcode: yes | Made in Germany
AS 53 088: Label Category: K 53 088 | Label Design: White | Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM | Barcode: yes | Made in Germany

Sleeve:
A B.H. Production
℗ & © 1978 Elektra/Asylum Records
A Division Of Warner Communications Inc.
Made in Germany by WEA Musik GmbH

Embossed Warner logo on the back of the sleeve.

Labels:
All titles published by Warner Bros. Music Ltd. except title A1 published by Chappell & Co. Ltd.
℗ 1978 Asylum Records
Made in Germany by WEA Musik GmbH A Warner Communications Company

Side A: Mastered at Tonstudio Pfanz
Side B: Mastered at Strawberry Mastering

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: none
• Label Code: LC 2648
• Rights Society (Boxed): GEMA/Biem
• Price Code (Germany): Ⓤ
• Price Code (France): WE 321
• Other (Category: Sleeve (Back & Spine)): AS 53 088
• Other (Category: Sleeve (Back & Spine)): 6E-162
• Other (Category: Labels): K 53 088
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 1: Side A): PF ^9 R/S Alsdorf 53088 A3
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 1: Side B): R/S Alsdorf 53088 B-2X STRAWBERRY (G)
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 2: Side A): tv PF R / S Alsdorf 53088 A3X
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 2: Side B): 68 R / S Alsdorf 53088 B-2X STRAWBERRY (G)
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 3: Side A): R / S Alsdorf 53088 A3 16 PF
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 3: Side B): R / S Alsdorf 53088 B2 X 43 -D- STRAWBERRY (G)
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 4: Side A): PF R/S Alsdorf 53088 A3x "U̶K̶" "D" ^9
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 4: Side B): R / S Alsdorf 53088 B2 STRAWBERRY (G) ..

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
6E-162	Tom Waits	Blue Valentine ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Asylum Records	6E-162	US	1978
7559-60336-4	Tom Waits	Blue Valentine ‎(Cass, Album, RE)	Asylum Records, Союз	7559-60336-4	Russia	1998
6E-162	Tom Waits	Blue Valentine ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Asylum Records	6E-162	Canada	1978
AS 53 088	Tom Waits	Blue Valentine ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Asylum Records	AS 53 088	Europe	1978
7559-60533-2	Tom Waits	Blue Valentine ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Elektra	7559-60533-2	Europe	1990

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Somewhere (From "West Side Story") Written-By – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim	3:50
A2	Red Shoes By The Drugstore	3:11
A3	Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis	4:30
A4	Romeo Is Bleeding	4:50
A5	$29.00	8:12
B1	Wrong Side Of The Road	5:11
B2	Whistlin Past The Graveyard	3:14
B3	Kentucky Avenue	4:47
B4	A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun	5:34
B5	Blue Valentines	5:50

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – WEA Records, S.A.
• Distributed By – Discos CBS, S.A., Madrid
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Asylum Records
• Copyright (c) – Asylum Records
• Pressed By – PolyGram Servicios, S.A.
• Printed By – Gráficas Foco, S.A.

Credits

• Art Direction, Design – Ron Coro
• Photography By – Elliot Gilbert
• Producer – Bones Howe
• Typography [Hand Lettering] – Bill Franks
• Written-By – Tom Waits (tracks: A2 to B5)

Notes

Reissue from Blue Valentine keeping same deposito legal number.
First cat. # on the back cover and the spine
Second cat. # on labels
All the Spanish copies have track A5 printed as "$29.000" on labels

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: SGAE
• Depósito Legal (Kept from previous edition): M. 33904-1984

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
6E-162	Tom Waits	Blue Valentine ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Asylum Records	6E-162	US	1978
7559-60336-4	Tom Waits	Blue Valentine ‎(Cass, Album, RE)	Asylum Records, Союз	7559-60336-4	Russia	1998
6E-162	Tom Waits	Blue Valentine ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Asylum Records	6E-162	Canada	1978
AS 53 088	Tom Waits	Blue Valentine ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Asylum Records	AS 53 088	Europe	1978
7559-60533-2	Tom Waits	Blue Valentine ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Elektra	7559-60533-2	Europe	1990

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Somewhere (From "West Side Story") Written-By – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim	3:50
A2	Red Shoes By The Drugstore Bass – Byron MillerDrums – Rick Lawson*Electric Guitar – Roland Bautista	3:11
A3	Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis	4:30
A4	Romeo Is Bleeding Bass – Jim HughartCongas – Bobbye HallDrums – Chip WhiteOrgan – Charles KynardTenor Saxophone – Frank Vicari	4:50
A5	$29.00 Bass – Byron MillerDrums – Rick Lawson*Electric Guitar – Roland Bautista	8:12
B1	Wrong Side Of The Road Bass – Jim HughartDrums – Chip WhiteOrgan – Charles KynardTenor Saxophone – Frank Vicari	5:11
B2	Whistlin Past The Graveyard Bass – Scott Edwards Drums – Earl PalmerGuitar – "Shine" Robinson*Piano – Harold BattisteTenor Saxophone – Herbert Hardesty*	3:14
B3	Kentucky Avenue Arranged By, Conductor [Orchestra] – Bob Alcivar	4:47
B4	A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun Bass – Scott Edwards Drums – Earl PalmerGuitar – "Shine" Robinson*Piano – Harold BattisteTenor Saxophone – Herbert Hardesty*	5:34
B5	Blue Valentines	5:50

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Asylum Records
• Copyright (c) – Asylum Records

Credits

• Art Direction, Design – Ron Coro
• Electric Guitar – Tom Waits (tracks: A4 to B2, B4, B5)
• Electric Piano [Electric Grand Piano] – Da Willie Gonga* (tracks: A2, A3, A5)
• Engineer – Bones Howe
• Engineer [Assistant] – Geoff Howe, Ralph Osborne*
• Guitar – Ray Crawford (tracks: A4, B1, B5)
• Mastered By – Terry Dunavan
• Photography – Elliott Gilbert
• Piano – Tom Waits (tracks: A3, B3)
• Producer – Bones Howe
• Typography [Hand Lettering] – Bill Franks
• Vocals – Tom Waits
• Written-By – Tom Waits (tracks: A2 to B5)

Notes

℗ & © 1978 Elektra/Asylum Records
Made in Germany by WEA Musik GmbH

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A): WEA 53088-A PF
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): WEA 53088-B PF
• Rights Society: SACEM SDRM SACD SGDL
• Label Code: LC 2648

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
6E-162	Tom Waits	Blue Valentine ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Asylum Records	6E-162	US	1978
7559-60336-4	Tom Waits	Blue Valentine ‎(Cass, Album, RE)	Asylum Records, Союз	7559-60336-4	Russia	1998
6E-162	Tom Waits	Blue Valentine ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Asylum Records	6E-162	Canada	1978
AS 53 088	Tom Waits	Blue Valentine ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Asylum Records	AS 53 088	Europe	1978
7559-60533-2	Tom Waits	Blue Valentine ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Elektra	7559-60533-2	Europe	1990

Dolid

This album is one of THOSE albums, ie the ones that make you feel a deep pity for those who don't dig them or haven't yet discovered them. Tom Waits gives 'West Side Story' a make-over with a broken whiskey bottle and a flick-knife. He explores that dark world that surrounds all of us, many of us not noticing it's there; the world of poverty and the dispossessed, the world of the black market and the addict, the world of the predator and the tough-guy-dying-young, the world of broken dreams and crushed souls. And he does it with the utmost, heart rending sincerity. The concept of this work of art could so easily have led to schmaltzy, sentimental cartoonery, but in Waits' hands we get the sublime rather than the ridiculous. His musicians are perfect for the job, and the production is near-perfect and does not call attention to itself, (admittedly, on the first track there are thick waves of gushing strings, but this serves to set up the dark mood for the rest of the album perfectly) . The songs are...simply brilliant!

kewdiepie

Well written Jazzhat :)